Sliced onions (never diced) or julienned scallions/green onions to pair with the julienned carrots. Beef should be sliced thinner (easiest when the meat is still slightly frozen). White sugar for a cleaner flavour. And don’t overcook the veg before adding in beef or it’s mushy. Rice vinegar instead of white. Sesame seeds not necessary (authentic ginger beef has no sesame seeds, but 1 tbsp sesame oil instead. ) It’s sweet and spicy crunchy goodness!

If you want to use a cheap (but tough) portion of beef you can massage egg whites into it and let it rest for 20-30minutes. It’s called “silking” and breaks down the fibres and protein without salt.

Nice to see you washed the rice, so many Canadians don’t know it’s necessary!